CVE-2026-6201
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was identified in CodeAstro Online Job Portal 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /jobs/job-delete.php of the component Delete Job Posting Handler. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to improper access controls. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCodeAstro Online Job Portal 1.0 has an improper access control vulnerability in /jobs/job-delete.php. The ID parameter passed to the delete job posting handler is not validated against the current user's permissions, allowing attackers to delete arbitrary job postings by manipulating the ID argument. This is an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm application identity and versionInspect the web application header, footer, or source code for 'CodeAstro Online Job Portal' branding and version indicator '1.0'Affected if The deployed application is CodeAstro Online Job Portal version 1.0
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Verify job-delete.php existsLocate and inspect the file /jobs/job-delete.php in the web server document root or source code repositoryAffected if The file job-delete.php exists in the /jobs directory
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Check for authorization validation in delete handlerReview the source code of job-delete.php and search for session verification, user ID validation, or permission checks before the delete query executesAffected if The code does not verify that the logged-in user owns or has permission to delete the job posting referenced by the ID parameter
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Test IDOR vulnerability directlyAuthenticate as a regular user, capture a valid job ID belonging to another user, and submit a delete request to job-delete.php with that ID parameterAffected if The delete request succeeds and removes a job posting the authenticated user does not own
A user is affected if they can delete arbitrary job postings by manipulating the ID parameter in job-delete.php without owning or having permission to delete those postings.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authorization checks in job-delete.php to verify the current user owns or has permission to delete the specified job posting before executing the delete operation. Additionally, validate that the ID parameter is a valid integer and corresponds to a record the user is authorized to access.
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